From the History of Wise Observatory

Building of the Observatory

Prof. Uri Feldman, the first director of the Wise Observatory wrote the story about building of the observatory for the 50 anniversary of the observatory:

1. A written description of building the Wise Observatory - English version and Hebrew version

2. A lecture presentation about building the Wise Observatory - English version and Hebrew version

Building the H80 Dome

An elapsed-pictures movie of building the dome of the H80 telescope of University of Haifa at the Wise Observatory in Mitzpe Ramon can be found here. Dates and times (Israel winter time) are on the upper left corner.

Articles about the Observatory

1. Article in Mada (Hebrew)

2. Article in Sky & Telescope (English)

3. Article in National Geographic (Hebrew)

4. Observatories in Israel - Stamps and Information

Publication List

Publication List of the members, guest observers and co-authors of the Raymond and Beverly Sackler Institute of Astronomy and Wise Observatory can be found here.

Gallery

Images from the gallery display on the second floor of the main building of the 1m telescope can be found here.

Maintained by: Shai Kaspi -